Zimbabwe’s permanent secretary and head of the e-government technology unit, Charles Wekwete announced the news at a Computer Society of Zimbabwe Information Communication Technologies Summit held at the beginning of the month. He said the government is discussing with the private sector to understand the industry and finalize its decision.
After his announcement, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Information, Monica Mutsvangwa, stressed that Zimbabwe has no intention to follow the way of El Salvador. Zimbabwe’s personal remittances is 7% of GDP and El Salvador’s is 24% of GDP. Which is a big difference. In the he said-she said, AGREEN1 will stay tuned on further developments.
